Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-02
CAf|TAL AND LABOR
still Warring Along the New York
and Jersey City Piers-6eneral
News, Etc.
rae BIG STRIKE.
Railroad Freight Handlers Join the
L0n4ShafAmAn.

Railroad FreiSht Handlers Join tn
LongshoFsmen.
New YORK, January 81.-The strike tool
q new phase to-day. It involves not onl..
tho additiopal longshorernen who went ou
this morning, but also the freight handlers
thus tightening blockade on transporta
ton and adding another thousand to tn
thousands already idle. It was apparent
y by preconcerted action. A COMMITTEE
of freight handlers of q number Of road
to-day presented formulated demand OF
the management, and it is understood that
similandemands will be made on the man
ayers Of all roads leading into this city
The freight handlers Of the Pennsylvania
Railway Company employed on the com
pany's North River piers to-day notified
the managers that unless the rate OF wages
was increased from II to 20 cents pei
hour.
GENERAL STRIKE
would follow all along the company q
docks. The company was given until to.
There are about 2, 900 men employed on the
piers. Demands were also made by the
freight handlers employed by tho Central
Railroad OF New Jersey and by those oi
the New York, Lake Erie & Western for
increased wages, and they threaten to i'm
mediateIy quit work il their demands are
not complied with. The concessions asked
for were
REFUSED ABSOLUTELY.
At the Office of the New Jersey Central it
was ascertained that q committee wait cd
upon the receivers this morning
and presented demand for increased
wages for freight handlers and other en-
ployees, and insisted on an answer on or
before 3 o'clock this afternoon. The re-
ceivers met them again at that hour to give
them a written reply, in which they de-
clined to comply with the demand. The
mediately afterwards the freight handlers
on company pier No. IA went out on
strike. Among the demands Of the COM
mittee was that the coal strike, as far as
the Central Railroad Of New Jersey is con-
cerned, be
SETTLED IN "a HOURS.
After presenting this petition the com.
mittee, in course Of it's reply to the com-
panny, said: I'VE expect to give equal pay
to clerks and others who are employed in
similar positions, provided they are equally
qualified to fill these positions, but We
cannot recognize the propriety Of paying
all alike without regard to experience or
efficiency. You state that you will not
handle any freight that has been previous
y handled by non-union men; as receivers
Of a company taat is common carrier it
is our duty to handle any freight presen-
led to us, whether the same has been pre-
viously handled by non.union men or
otherwise. We shall do our utmost to per- |
orm this duty. You demand that the
COAL STRIKE BE SETTLED,
ls far as our railroads are concerned, in |
;wenty four hours. This strike does not |
'xist among our employees. Tis for others,
lot for US to settle.
Several more ocean steamers arrived to- |
lay, non-union' men are working better
md there is not SO much freight piled up
ls on Saturday. In Brooklyn, tha .trik-
rs are quiet orderly. Freight is being
oveyelowly by Italians and non.union
landlers. There is much embarrassment to
BUSINESS.